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Issue: Heroic Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #22 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: The Eastern Color Printing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Howrd Gilmore

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Howrd Gilmore
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Pages: 1
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He Tip-Toed over Germany

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Character(s): Sergeant Aubrey Bartholomew
First Line: There was so much shooting...
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Pages: 1
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Lieutenant Commander Howard Gilmore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): True Stories of War Heroes
Character(s): Lieutenant Commander Howard Gilmore
First Line: High in the annals...
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Pages: 4
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Wallace, Hughes, and Bordner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): True Stories of War Heroes
Character(s): Lieutenant Eugene D. Wallace; Lieutenant Marvin C. Hughes; Dale E. Bordner
First Line: During a grueling 10 months and 12 days...
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Pages: 4
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Manila John Basilone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): True Stories of War Heroes
Character(s): Manila John Basilone; Uncle Sam; Philips
First Line: Hands off!
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Pages: 4
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Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Nazi Submarine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): True Stories of War Heroes
Character(s): First Class Seaman Frank A. Rifkin; his mother
First Line: It was late one afternoon...
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Professor Zander; The Spider Woman; Joyce; Doctor Benar Zengh; Chief Lambert
First Line: Pitting his great strength and remarkable powers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Saltarella.
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Who Killed Prof. Fredericks?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Music Master
Character(s): The Music Master [John Wallace]; Downbeat; Prescott; Mike Lawrence; Elsa Starrett; Peter Krantz
First Line: Will John Wallce, the Music Master, solve the most puzzling mystery of his career...
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Pages: 10
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Rat Trap for Jap Trapper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. George Murphy
First Line: Death came quickly...
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Pages: 1
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The Major

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Man O' Metal
Character(s): Man O' Metal [Pat Dempsey]; The Major (villain)
First Line: It was strange...
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #44 published January 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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One Door from Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Howard Gardner; Sergeant J. K. Kunz; Sergeant Stanley Farmsworth
First Line: There are two American airmen...
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Pages: 1
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He Got a Mouthful

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Robert Lennhausen; Lt. William Garrett; Lt. Johnson
First Line: Theres a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Wead (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, war
Feature(s): Flyin' Jenny
Character(s): Flyin' Jenny Dare; Cyril; Rick
First Line: We'll fire this blanket...
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Reprint Notes: from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-09-07 - 1941-09-21
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Panels are extensively enlarged, reshaped and recolored.

The Sunday page dated 1941-09-21 is the first to credit Frank Wead as scriptwiter.

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